I've been a crafter it seems forever from when I was a little girl learning how to knit and crochet with my grandmother and my aunt; sitting under a quilting loom threading needles for Gram and the ladies at church; learning to sew, quilt, doll sculpting, counted cross stitch and now onto paper piecings with cards and lay-outs!!!! I guess you could say I'm a well-rounded gal in more ways than one!!! LOL

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Tiddly Inks is having a Design Team Call and let me tell you how excited I am and keeping my eyes and fingers crossed as I have decided to enter to hopefully become one of their newest and greatest Design Team Members!!!!

NOW, the requirement is to enter a creation using one of your favorite images (tough call here as I love them all) but decided to use Catgirl as we all know what a cat-loving person I am being the proud owner of not one but three cats and a good many of my friends are cat lovers also!!

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

size A2 card using Recollection cardstock with DCWV The Girlhood Stack as background

of course, there are buttons involved from my fabulous stash of buttons!!! Since, I have three (3) cats, I had to add the additional cat button along with the cute "I heart Cats" that I also found in one of my button tins

TIP: how to get rid of those nasty shanks they put on the back of buttons that they lie flat on your cards is to use a toe nail clipper that cuts them off and trims them flat (at first, I was using one laying around the house and then I took the plunge and splurged and got one at the Dollar Tree - great investment!!!)

sentiment, "One Smile begins a friendship" as this will make a purrfect card to send one of my dear friends is from a previous club from Create with TLC is chalked around the edges

ribbon from Offray (complete with pawprints of course) was wrapped around the card and tied into a bow

sentiment, "Life is better with friends" is also from a previous club from Create with TLC which was chalked around the edges and mounted on matching paper that was used from the front -

I know that I have said this many times and its not only because I am a member of her fabulous Design Team BUT I love using Create with TLC sentiments and belonging to her clubs as you always gets great sentiments that are purrfect for any occasion to make a card plus great images.

NOW, wish me luck on my entering to be one of the new Tiddly Inks Design Team Members!!!!!! I sew want to become one and be using their images and they are all simply adorable!!!!

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Monday, June 27, 2016

I recently made this card for a friend and now, I can totally relate as I sew want a cup of coffee - the kitties got on the counter and shattered my coffee pot and until I get out and get another pot (MEMO to self, go shopping immediately, if not sooner) there will be no coffee this morning until I get to the store or McDonald's!!!!

ok, granted my hair isn't long enuf for curlers but trust me this is one harried crafter at this moment!!!!

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

card is size A2 using Recollection cardstock and scraps for background - don't you just love the coffee bean paper??

Alicia BelCoffee and Good Morning was colored using Whisper Strokes and Copic Markers along with Prisma Colored Pencils complete with gel pen accents and of course the Stickles Fairy stopping by to pay a visit!

image has rounded corners and chalked around the edges

Darice organza with satin edged ribbon tied in a bow with a heart-shaped button and cup with spoon button are from my stash

sentiment, "I plan to CARPE DIEM right after I CARPE COFFEE", had been from a recent Create with TLC club is chalked around the edges and mounted on matching coffee bean paper

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

I'm a crafter of all sorts; but master of none as I do dabble - for today's post, I wanted to share with you a few bears that I had made for a dear friend from swimming and senior dance class, Kathy, who had purchased bears from Carol Wright and asked if I could personalize for two of her grandchildren that had graduated from High School this year -

this is what I started with:

. . . and this my friends is the transformation with the personalization :

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

original bears purchased from Carol Wright

bears are with school colors - black and gold for Thomas Jefferson Senior High School for Johnathan and purple and white for Baldwin Senior High School for Courtney

black and purple Casa Satin purchased at JoAnn Fabrics and Crafts using pattern from original bear for mortar board and gift sack

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Jean and I had a blast making not only his invitations but also decorations for his Mickey Mouse themed birthday party!!!

These were inspired by Pinterest and were to have balloons attached like the pin above . . . but between time and life, they never got the balloons but looked awesome in the front yard on painted dowel rods and soon to be placed in Luke's bedroom:

RECIPE and SUPPLIES:

images were made using Cricut Mickey and Friends Cartridge measuring 12-inches and then lamenated

all paper is Recollections with black shadow

and of course the Stickles Fairy had to add her sheen in their eyes and across the noses!!!

Which Disney Character are you??? I have the temper at times of Donald, a flirt like Daisy and of course I'm just plain Goofy!!!!!

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Jean and I had a blast making not only his invitations but also decorations for his Mickey Mouse themed birthday party!!!

The invitation was inspired from Pinterest using Cricut Mickey and Friends Cartridge and cutting a circle for the pants in half and of course buttons from my stash!!!Also, today, I want to share with you the birthday card I made for him which is another pop-up box card!!! I haven't made one for awhile and then I make two in a row!!! They become addictive!!!! Who knows when I will be making another . . .

Friday, June 10, 2016

It's a new challenge at Creative Moments where it's always anything goes but with this challenge, the optional twist add some stitching to your creation whether it be faux or real!!! Our fabulous sponsors are: